UN shipping body considers zero emissions goal, defers decision to 2023
Countries are open to strengthening a global climate goal for shipping, but not before a planned review of the strategy in 2023.
That was the...
Climate summit was not a vacation says Fijian PM
Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says the Fijian delegation at COP26 did not depart our shores for a vacation in Glasgow, Scotland, but had...
Climate crisis does not play politics: Fiji President
Fijian President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere says some Parliamentarians are blinded by political ambition to accept the threat climate change poses on communities around Fiji.
Ratu...
Seas are coming for us in Kiribati
By Akka Rimon, PhD Student, Australian National University and Anote Tong, Distinguished Global Leader-in-Residence, University of Pennsylvania
Despite the progress and momentum of the COP26...
After COP26, countries must turn climate promises into action on global shipping
A meeting of the IMO this week is the first test of translating promises made in Glasgow into bold action. The world must turn...
British diplomat on climate: ‘This is existential’
The British High Commissioner to New Zealand says it's not her place to single out specific countries which need to do better on climate...
Fiji is slowly transitioning to normalcy
Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says Fiji remains on track to welcome back tourists in less than one week.
Speaking on Radio Fiji One’s –...
Cook Islands PM repeats calls for international recognition of climate
The Cook Islands Prime Minister is calling on the international finance community to recognise the debt small island states are taking on for climate...
Some positives were achieved in COP26: UN
United Nations Resident Coordinator to Fiji Sanaka Samarasinha says it is important to note that there were some successes achieved at the COP26 in...
Tuvalu’s ‘underwater’ COP26 speech caught everyone by surprise, even the country’s PM
The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) address delivered by the foreign minister of Tuvalu, Simon Kofe, went viral. But his creative thinking...